Tigers' Wendt strikes paydirt

Frawley, Proeung, Gilbride also among local youth football stars

Logan Wendt scored 3 touchdowns and rushed for 130 yards as the Tyngsboro 5th Graders defeated Leominster, 37-26, in a wild youth football thriller on Sunday.

Elsewhere, quarterback Alex Frawley ran for a pair of long touchdowns and threw to Gus Gobiel for another as the Billerica A Team toppled Westford, 34-16, while in Lowell's 20-12 B Team win over Lawrence Sophaul Proeung ran for 120 yards and 2 TD's and Ryan Gilbride 160 yards and 1 TD.

DRACUT

Billerica 25, B Team 7

Zach Lakmany had Dracut's only TD for the day. Ryan Talbot made it into the end zone, grabbing the XP. Great blocking by Michael Talbot, Angel Garcia and Dylan Languirand on the offense led by QB Timothy Sousa. The Dracut defense held strong with stops by Joshua Desrochers, Tyler Malho, Allyn French, Adrian Kimborowicz and Juan Ortiz.

Billerica 6, C Team 0

The Dracut defense came up huge in this heavyweight battle, led by Lincoln Lessard, William Peters, Jarred Lash, Jeremy Gray, Kevin Carney, Nemisis Lopez and Andrew Melanson. The offense was headlined by linemen Anton Mao, Christian Frazier, Jacob Beaulieu and Steve Lamontagne.

D White fought the good fight but could not prevail. In the second half, great Mario Silva passing set up touchdowns for Shawn McGuire (2 TDs) and Ray Laurin (2 TDs). Devin Lambert and Kyle Proulx also starred on offense, while the defense was led by Ty Votour, Graeme French, Connor Foley, Jared Fahey, Justin Mercier and Eric Airosus.

Billerica quarterback Alex Frawley ruled the day, rushing for TDs of 24 and 45 yards and passing to Gus Gobiel for a third that covered 70 yards. Kyle Cortese ran the ball effectively and Craig Rich had an electrifying 94 yard sweep. Jacob Carlson had the XPs.

F1 Li'l Braves 28, Dracut 28

Running back Cole Dillon led the way for the Braves with 102 yards rushing and 2 TDs, while Nick Isnor and Sid Tildsley also scored. Also on offense, QB Sean Heffernan, Zack Methot and Eddie Peterson had solid games. Defensive standouts included Brayton Carbone, Trey Elliott, Beau Cortemanch, Cole Kelley and Joey Lloyd .

E2 Chiefs 24, Burlington 0

Coach Keith Yianacopolus chalked up his 200th win in Pop Warner football. Congratulations coach! Jeffery Gutierrez made 7 tackles in the shutout and other defensive standouts included Matt Murphy, Alexander Lizotte, Marcus Sciara and Matt Silva. On the other side of the ball, Zoraiz Saad and Freddy West did the scoring, while Mario Duri, Joshua Chemlen, Matthew Tobey and Shawn Mulkerin led the blocking.

Everett 32, A Team 0

Craig Rich led Billerica in tackles in the rough-and-tumble game with help from Alex Frawley, Gus Gobiel, Bobby Christopher, Henri Behaeghel, Derek Laundry, Christian Hoar and Billy Moore. Everett, which had 2 players ejected, was shut out in the fourth quarter. Christian Sabella had 2 catches.

D3 Redskins 34, Westford 6

The offense got going early with a 60-yard TD pass from Shawn Colby to Jason Rogers on the second play of the game, their first of 2. On defense, Brendan Torpey, Frankie Rivera, Anthony Mancuso, Nathan Young and TJ Elouazzani were a force to be reckoned with. Offensive stars included blockers Tim Annino, Patrick Young and Xander Erickson, while Trysten Methot ran well.

E3 Li'l Indians vs. Burlington

The Indians' offensive line of Nick Tomei, Myles Bridge, Gavin Hall, Keegan Ford and Aidan Ford performed well, as did QB Jason Martin. Defensively, it was all about Dylan Danehy, Elijah Mulindwa, Jack Travassos, Cam Boudrot and Christian Robson.

Braves 25, Dracut 7

Running the ball for the victorious Braves were Brett Martini, Chris Ferrari (3 TDs) and Mickey Ricard. Chris Spurrell, Sean Green, Mark Gentile and the rest of the line blocked great for their running backs. Defensive headliners were Ryan Quinn, Patrick Quinn, Sam Sartell, Luke Michaud and Russell Murphy.

Scouts 6, Dracut 0

Morgan Mulkerin scored the only TD in this slugfest on a fourth-down run. Offensively, standouts included Ben Grunes, Shawn Powderly and Tommy Landry. For the defensive unit, Zach Mickle made for a nice fumble recovery, Jack Powerderly had an interception, and Brett Encarnacao, Stephen Brennan, Joe Fahey, Jacob Burke and Roland McMahon were instrumental.

Dracut 18, Cherokees 0

Shane Radoncic, Jacob Linton, AJ Tassone, Aidan Colby and Nicholas Magliozzi were defensive standouts all day for the Cherokees. Running backs Ty Tedesco, Jason Paganis and Joey Dufour gave it their best effort, aided by strong blocking from the likes of Jack Colby, Mike Money and Gavin Mancini.

LOWELL

B Team 20, Lawrence 12

QB Ryan Gilbride led Lowell to this win with 160 yards and a touchdown. Sophaul Proeung had a stellar performance with 120 yards rushing, reaching the end zone twice for the Raiders. Great job by the entire offensive line and defensive play by Joseph Millette and Nathan Chhim with 3 sacks. Pisey Sub ran the ball effectively.

C Team vs. Lawrence

The Lowell Pop Warner C Team had a hard-fought loss in their second game of the season despite some all-around strong performances in the running game by Curtis Gentles, and tackling by Develle Smith and Diamani Williams.

E Team Chiefs 12, Lawrence 6

Led by Kyle Shanahan (1 offensive TD, 1 defensive TD), and determined running by Shadrack Hinga, the Chiefs played a rock-solid game. Other notable offensive players included Alex Sun, Nathan Khoury and Logan Richard. The winners' defense was headed by Aiden Breen, Josh Soly-Poirier, Brian Aylward and Tadgh Murray. The cheerleaders were on their game led by Isabella Brink and Sophia Pessia.

E Team Raiders vs. Lawrence

On defense Aiden Trinidad was the heart of the team, making some incredible stops, while Calvin Delgado, Myron Monteiro and Samuel Brink also played strong games. The offensive side of the ball belonged to Brandon Cardoza, Trinity Kev, Elias Cuba, Elias Hall, Jaylen Soun-khon, Jose Molina and Xavia Mercado.

CHELMSFORD

Tiny Mites F vs. Billerica

On the very first play, Ty Cannistraro ran 60 yards for a TD. He followed that on the next series with a fumble recovery returned for a TD. Chelmsford went on to find the end zone 7 times with long runs by Dylan Lavin, Kyle Wilder, Jenna Nigro and Cooper Campo. Defensive stars included Thomas Brown and Austin Nigro, among many others. The F cheerleaders included Jenna Chaisson, Jillian Walker, Riley Powderly and Lauren Roberge.

E Maroon 19, Acton-Boxboro 0

Bobby Tower scored from 27 out late in the first half and later on a 35-yard run. Collin Reid had the other TD. Other offensive standouts included Ryan Dandaraw, Devin Dejesus, Bruce Linstad and Ryan Ward. Defensively, the shutout unit included Nathan Bernier, Jaydon Lapointe, Michael Hennessey, Sujan Natarajan and Nick Bortone. The cheering squad brought its 'A' game.

Acton-Boxboro 25, D Maroon 0

The Cougars fought hard but came up short. Key tackles were made by Jake Bartleman, Sean Stackpole, Jake Marshall and Michael West. John Fraser and Michael McLarney provided effective blocks on the offensive line. Michael Vecchione and Patrick Hughes led the offense along with Stone Rockwood. Stephanie Bianco and Tatum Prokop kept the cheering team revved up.

The Tigers came out strong from the opening play, scoring on a 50-yard run by Gavin Hehir. The offensive line had terrific blocking from Mathew Wagner, Mathew Ha and Jayden Valkavitch. Nathan Belkas, Danny Conley and Eric Briere were strong on defense.

5th Grade 37, Leominster 26

The Tigers beat a tough Leominster team in a real shootout. Logan Wendt scored 3 touchdowns and had 130 yards rushing. Christian Hall and Ryan Gauthier each had a rushing touchdown. Micah McQuaide had a 70-yard kickoff return for a TD. Playing tough on defense were Josh Ducharme, Josh Jenkins, Bubba Carney and Daniel Rezendes.

8th Grade 21, Leominster 13

A total team effort brought the Tigers the victory in overtime. Nick Murray and Nadiv Bangura were both on the end of long TD passes from Jackson Roderick. Kyle Laforge punched home the winning TD in OT. Rory Glavin had a big day, running for over 100 yards. The defense was led in part by Jeff Woods, Dan Powers, Ty Tumpney, Melvin Worley, Matt Butler and Kevin Butler.

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